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If feeding conditions is good the capacious throat sac is used to engulf whole shoals of fish. This large waterbird is often found swimming in flocks in shallow lowland lakes and river deltas. Native to south-east Europe.
Norfolk Hawker - Anaciaeschna isoceles (M)
Habitat
The optimum conditions for breeding appear to be unspoilt grazing marsh dyke systems with clean, non-saline water, rushy margins, preferably with an abundance of water soldier as well as other aquatic plants.
Threats
Conversion of grazing marsh to arable farming.
Inappropriate ditch management.
Nutrients enrichment.
Pollution.
The impact of global climate change and fluctuations in water levels.
Status & Distribution
The Norfolk Hawker is currently restricted to the fens and grazing marshes that are relatively isolated from polluted water in the Broadlands of Norfolk and Northeast Suffolk. A Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) for the Norfolk Hawker has been drafted for Norfolk.
Similar Species
Brown Hawker
Brown wings.
Blue-brown eyes.
Blue and yellow markings.
Management
Norfolk Hawker Management Profile
General management principles include maintaining grazing marshes, controlling saline intrusion, controlling nutrient enrichment. There are also best practice guidelines for managing inhabited sites, particularly the dyke vegetation and the surrounding terrestrial habitats.
Case Study
Work is underway to restore habitats for this species in Norfolk.
The Northern Lights, taken in Iceland on 24/11/2017.
Conditions on this evening were, temp -25c, wind 40mph, photo taken on a tripod being held to the ground by myself. kneeling and my partner acting as our windbreak.
30 Second exposure on ISO 800
A quick note to all who wish to photograph the Northern Lights, it is very rare that they can be seen like this with the naked eye.
Мы постепенно двигались в сторону основной точки съемки, до рассвета оставался примерно час. Туман продолжал сгущаться и на сильном морозе мы целиком покрылись инеем. Ярко светила полная луна, на рассвете она стала оранжевой. Все это создавало отличные условия для съемки. Времени было полно и мы особо не торопились, фотографировали всякое. Это один из таких снимков, ничего особенного, просто туманный рассвет.
We gradually moved towards the main shooting point, about an hour remained until dawn. The fog continued to thicken and in the bitter cold we were completely covered with frost. The full moon shone brightly, turning orange at dawn. All this created excellent conditions for shooting. There was plenty of time and we were not particularly in a hurry, taking pictures of everything. This is one of those shots, nothing special, just a hazy sunrise.
When conditions are sufficient things manifest. When conditions are no longer sufficient things withdraw. They wait until the moment is right for them to manifest again.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
We've been told it's going to snow this weekend, but this magnolia tree is getting ready for spring with its fuzzy buds.
These conditions were more than I could have asked for. The drive up was terrible and muddy and my truck still has mud stuck in places 3 weeks later. In the end it was all worth it for this shoot, and this one is just the beginning!!!! Vlog this weekend!! Kris.. Vlog below…
Blustery conditions and not a reflection in sight.
Llyn Cowlyd is the deepest lake in North Wales. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park at the upper end of Cwm Cowlyd on the south-eastern edge of the Carneddau range of mountains, at a height of 1,164 feet (355 m) above sea level.
Winter Conditions
Cariboo, British Columbia
Canada
The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) in the Central Interior of BC encompasses 80,252 square kilometers of land. The Cariboo and Coastal mountain ranges hug the CRD on its west and east side boundaries. The region straddles Highway 97 from 70 Mile House in the south to 5 km south of Hixon in the north.
District of the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada
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The conditions were perfect to shoot Hood with the Milky Way. Lost Lake is the best, really the only place you can shoot this because the Milky Way needs to be south of the Mountain. With the clear skys and the new moon I knew there would be a few photographers there. I assumed every guy I passed from Sandy all the way to the lake who was alone in their car was probably heading to shoot this location. I was right on a few counts. I met Greg and Kenny (sorry, I did not get your last names) and the famous Gary Randall who was leading a workshop with a few other folks. I was on the water, in a line with about 7 other photographers. On my way out when I was done I did not realize there were about 10 more behind us on the hill. I had never been to Lost Lake, but I will be back again.
Someone commented on how close the galactic core was to the mountain, like it was kissing the stars. I liked the way that sounded.
Winter driving conditions through the Thompson–Nicola Regional district
Sub-zero temperatures.
As beautiful as this mountain highway is, wintery conditions can serve to be treacherous.
**Steep grade warning, hence the posted speed signs on both sides of a two way highway to command the driver's attention.
Beautiful British Columbia
Canada
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The conditions in which I was shooting in here were very dark, as it was quite early in the morning, so unfortunately I had to bump up my ISO, but I still like how this one came out.
Taken in Estes Park, Colorado
P.S. If you zoom in on this shot, and the photo doesn't look sharp anymore, just move your cursor around a bit.
Golden hour conditions surround Stevenson Harbour as the sun neared the horizon.
Floating Restaurant
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Village is a charming & ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada's Largest Fishing Harbour
I 💖 Steveston
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'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'
The weather conditions on this day were like no other I have ever seen. There had been quite a large amount of snow falling over the previous days, but the road was clear to drive the incline to Beachy Head (over 500 ft above sea level). When I got to the top this scene awaited me. I quickly found a place to park and walked across the road to capture these amazing crepuscular rays shining down on the surface of the sea. There was a lone figure walking down the path towards the cliff tops and I wondered whether he would make it back in daylight as the sun was setting fast.
The weather conditions in Churchill were the most extreme conditions I have ever photographed in. On this day it was -2 degrees Fahrenheit which is -18 Celsius. Add to that a wind chill of minus 30. I even got an icicle on my eye lid -haha! I wouldn't have traded this experience though and the amazing sightings we had with this polar bear family :-).
three conditions are necessary for the appearance of a geyser:
* water in depth which can circulate and then rise freely (no obstacles)
° a reservoir;
* the proximity of a pocket of magma which heats the water.
It is possible to find hot springs and geysers in non-volcanic regions if the geothermal gradient is sufficient! Thus heated, the water turns into steam. The pressure increases and propels a powerful jet of water and steam to the surface. The surface orifice is generally narrow. The intensity of the forces at play explains the rarity of the phenomenon. Geysers therefore differ from simple hot springs by the underground geological structure.
Strokkur projects hot water into the air at a height of 20 meters, sometimes exceptionally up to 40 meters.
The more complete documentation appears in the 3 photos of yesterday
Conditions were perfect: 80% chance of rain and strong winds. What could be better? For shooting osprey, nothing. Rain suit for me and my camera and a surprising a lot of other adventurous souls showed up for the show. The pelicans seemed to being doing better than the osprey, dive after dive while the osprey were out in force looking but not catching much. This one did well however, and one greedy pelican made an attempted steal. The osprey pulled up up an away!
Ever changing light!
Mornings like this one justify why I sometimes just setup the tripod and stay rooted to the same spot for sometimes over an hour.
Watching the blue hour tones give way to yellows, oranges and reds until the sun rises and shows the natural greens of the countryside and blue from the clear sky!
The rolling mist just adds some lovely atmosphere and mood to the conditions around!
"...one of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
I'm wishing I was out 'connecting' with nature but instead I'm connected to a computer and desk. BUT -- good news! It is Friday and I'm looking forward to some outdoor time tomorrow. Rain and 5 degrees in the forecast but those quiet early mornings are worth getting bundled up for!
Happy weekend all!!
Stunning conditions last week in my local area during a period of very cold winter weather
Bergisches Land, Germany
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I headed out as storms were all around us, making lighting conditions pretty poor. I only grabbed my camera because people tend to avoid such places in bad weather, and the birds seem to notice the absence of humans and behave in more relaxed ways.
I was discussing this with a fellow birder I had run into. We were noting that the woods were empty of people, and wishing each other some good birding experiences when this female dropped right down in front of us. This is not cropped. As we stared while she began excavating part of a stump just off the trail, I raised my camera.
Serendipity.
So successful was she, and so intent on food, that after a couple of minutes we were able to walk by her, and she gave a brief look as if to say ‘are you going to make me fly away?’ But we didn’t, and she didn’t, and she resumed her digging.
Of the twenty or so images I secured, almost all are blurred by the rapid-fire hammering she was engaged in. Again, as if sensing she was lower than usual and exposed, she rarely paused. I was lucky to get a couple of images when she came up for air and checked her environment.
Explore Aug 29/08 ..Bald Eagle - View large - Sun is shinning from behind the eagle making for tough lighting conditions from this viewing side. Carrying piece of octopus. ISO 800--F14--1/1000 sec. IMG_0621
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This little Douglas Fir tree is about 40-50 years old. It has survived countless weather events by growing on top of a floating log in a lake on Vancouver Island. It is apparently the most photographed tree in Canada. We had not planned on visiting this iconic scene simply because so many people from around the world have tried to photograph it. Conditions have to be just right in order to separate the tree from background clutter and unless you have hip waders, there is no good vantage point to shoot this tree. We had no hip waders and very little time to wait for the right conditions. However, on our quick morning visit to see the tree on our way to our next destination, I was able to frame up this portrait with a long lens just as a bit of light hit the tree and there was a momentary stillness in the light breeze rippling the water. The background is the water with refections. It was magical to see this little survivor. Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday.
Derwent Mouth Lock (No 1) in the recent snowy conditions, the couple walking the towpath, were like me, taking advantage of the conditions to grab some photo's.
Foot Note:
I've been astonished at the favorable response to this photograph, It's one of a number of images that were produced on that snowy morning walk, that were pleasing to my eye, and I'm not sure what it is that stirs people so much with this one, but guess that it might have something to do with the in frequency of these weather events these days.
The problem (and its a good problem to have!) is how to thank everyone adequately for their positive reactions.
So please forgive me if it seems that I'm not appearing to be grateful for such a beneficial reaction. As an image maker for many years, one of the primary purpose of all this endeavour, and then sharing the results, is to lift the spirits of others, in a world full of things that do the opposite. So it's a real blessing to me to know that I'm having some success in this. I'm enormously grateful for all your fave's comments and support, many thanks again. Kind regards, Andrew
Footnote: This image has been selected for publication by the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) as a Christmas Card and features in their 2023 Calendar.
Due to drought conditions, water is not always present at the falls. We were lucky to see a trickle coming over the cliff high above. Still pretty awesome and the area is beautiful. There are signs galore warning of potential landslides and danger, but visitors (such as myself) ventured close anyway.
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Nojoqui Falls Park - Santa Barbara County - California - USA
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Un couple de martins-pêcheurs élève normalement 2 nichées par an, voire 3 ou 4, si les conditions sont favorables ou si une nichée a été détruite.
La première ponte a lieu dès la mi-mars en Europe occidentale, un mois plus tard en Europe orientale. De 4 à 8 œufs sont pondus à un jour d'intervalle, à même le sol de la chambre de ponte. D'un beau blanc brillant et de forme presque sphérique, ils ont un diamètre moyen à peine supérieur à 2 cm et ne pèsent guère plus de 4 grammes.
Le couple se partage, à parts à peu près égales, le temps de couvaison et se relaie par factions de 2 à 5 heures. L'incubation dure trois semaines et ne commence qu'une fois le dernier œuf pondu ; les éclosions ont donc toutes lieu au même moment.
Nus à l'éclosion et incapables de maintenir leur température interne, les petits sont réchauffés par les adultes pendant une semaine, jusqu'à ce qu'ils se couvrent de courtes plumes. Les parents peuvent alors se consacrer tous deux à leur ravitaillement.
Les poissons apportés aux jeunes sont légèrement plus longs que ceux que les adultes capturent pour eux-mêmes : entre 4 et 7 cm, avec un maximum de 10 cm. Pendant la becquée, les petits, disposés en étoile à l'intérieur de la chambre, sont nourris chacun à son tour durant les deux à trois premières semaines. C'est l'époque où le sol du nid se couvre de leurs pelotes de réjection, et où les parents se baignent souvent. Un peu plus tard, les jeunes se tournent tous vers le boyau d'entrée, serrés les uns contre les autres, ou s'avancent dans le couloir à la rencontre des adultes.
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A pair of kingfishers normally rear 2 broods a year, or 3 or 4, if conditions are favorable or if a brood has been destroyed.
The first spawning takes place in mid-March in Western Europe, a month later in Eastern Europe. From 4 to 8 eggs are laid one day apart on the floor of the laying chamber. They are bright white in color and almost spherical in shape. They have an average diameter of just over 2 cm and weigh little more than 4 grams.
The couple share, roughly equally, the brooding time and relays in factions from 2 to 5 hours. The incubation lasts three weeks and begins only once the last egg laid; hatching therefore takes place at the same time.
Naked at hatching and unable to maintain their internal temperature, the young are warmed by adults for a week, until they cover themselves with short feathers. Parents can then devote themselves to their food.
The fish brought to the young are slightly longer than those that the adults catch for themselves: between 4 and 7 cm, with a maximum of 10 cm. During the beak, the little ones, arranged in a star inside the chamber, are each fed during the first two to three weeks. It is the time when the ground of the nest is covered with their balls of rejection, and where the parents bathe often. A little later, the youths all turn to the inlet hose, huddled together, or walk down the hallway to meet the adults.
Conditions for limestone pavements are created when an advancing glacier scrapes away overburden and exposes horizontally bedded limestone, with subsequent glacial retreat leaving behind a flat, bare surface. Limestone is slightly soluble in water and especially in acid rain, so corrosive drainage along joints and cracks in the limestone can produce slabs called clints isolated by deep fissures called grikes or grykes[2] (terms derived from a northern English dialect).
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Winter conditions slowly take hold of the Cariboo Mountains as they remain enshrouded behind a stormy veil over Bowron Lake. In the in 1860’s the first Europeans came to the Cariboo Mountains to find their fortunes, as part of what became known as the first Cariboo Gold Rush. Originally referred to simply as “Bear Lake” it was eventually renamed Bowron Lake after John Bowron, the first Gold Commissioner of the nearby gold mining town Barkerville, who organised numerous exploration parties into the remote mountains to look for gold-bearing ground. British Columbia, Canada
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Des conditions extrêmes, mais changement d'objectif quand même(haa quand l’adrénaline l'emporte sur la raison) pour ce gros plan.
C'est un panoramique à partir d'une photo dont la partie inférieure est enlevée.
F16-1/20s-100iso-70mm
And here is the hailstorm.
Extreme conditions, but changing lenses anyway (haa when adrenaline outweighs reason) for this close-up.
Is panning from a picture whose lower portion is removed.
F16-1 / 20s-70mm-100iso
If conditions are good, as they were this morning, this is one of my favourite spots to take a photograph, Garreg Ddu Dam, Elan valley, Powys, Wales, UK
SASSI DI MATERA - The most spectacular City in Italy, the ancient neighbourhoods, known as sassi, are a series of grottoes carved out of limestone, teetering on the edge of a ravine.
Until the 1950s, Matera was a source of shame for Italy, a place of poverty, malaria and high rates of infant mortality, where people lived in caves without electricity, running water or sewage and indesperate conditions were people living in; between 1953 and 1968 about half of the 30,000 population were moved to new homes in the modern part of the city.
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Just the two of us on this beautiful glacier des Nantillons, right above Chamonix, with perfect conditions… Another fantastic day climbing & skiing.
Well they were testing conditions to start with, and I took this before any sunlight appeared and with wet underpants. The cloud had just lifted off the distant mountains, the Langdale Pikes, and the view was beginning to open up for me as the breeze slowly dried my nethers.
I can't deny it is a great view from Holme Fell, out over the slate quarry workings of Hodge Close and to the North West. I just needed some splashes of sunlight rather than the lashing rain and hail that came to soak me again, several times over.
Weather conditions are kinda rough today, heavy rain and snowfall are forecasted.
A blanket of snow is still visible outside in our area and right now it’s snowing heavily again.
So I thought it’s a good day for a winter photo ;-)
At least it’s finally really wet outside and that’s good for nature after the dry weeks lately.
The Duffy Lake road showcases the stunning natural beauty of B.C.'s coastal mountain range. This year's impressive snowpack continues to attract back country skiiers...try to find them in the lower right corner of the photo. :)
Light conditions were very exciting during my after work stroll across the Schönbrunn Garden this afternoon: they changed every minute, because there were lots of clouds around the sun.
Very shortly after I’d taken the slow shutter-speed shot of the water, this chap ran along the edge of the bathing pool and simply leapt into the churning sea and paddled off in search of his wave. I just managed to crank up my iso enough to catch him and I fired off a couple of shots. It all happened so quickly.
This is a composite of the two images.
Bude bathing pool on Summerleaze beach, after sunset. Winter.
Conditions along the Lake Huron shoreline were perfect for creating a natural winter wonderland. Open water, high winds and a cold arctic air mass all combined to create natural ice sculptures of the trees, bushes and shrubs next to the water.
This shot was taken in Goderich Ontario during the small window of opportunity when we had partial cloud cover. You can see the clouds from the next weather system approaching in the distance which added for some dramatic effect.
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Weather conditions during Rocky Mountaineer's trek across Soldier Summit on Nov. 5, 2022 were in stark contrast. Price Canyon was party cloudy and relatively warm while Spanish Fork Canyon was cloudy, dark, with light rain. The luxury cruise train is pictured about to plunge into the 403 ft. Nolan Tunnel on a 1.73% grade. Admittedly, a video with sound would be far more interesting as a pair of GP40-3s strut their stuff on a mountain grade.